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host: do you think grover norquist has heard those comments before? caller: i think he has from many people. what i fear in this country. i feel what the american people are experiencing right now is a 1% of the country. my fear is that the republicans are privatizing things in the country now. it means that the public did not have the ability to see who is running these entities and how they are getting paid people are paid, it is usually elected positions. we can go in there, see the books. don't like the job they are doing, we cannot elect them again. host: we have who do you think you are, privatization. guest: susan, you may not have been listening to the previous few minutes of the show when you said i ask officials to take a pledge to me. i'll say it again slowly. a pledge elected officials sign saying i commit that i will not raise the taxes. it is a commitment to the people of their state it is not a pledge to me. whether you are not hearing it correctly or you you are making it up to try to make a political point, it's kind of silly here's w
host: do you think grover norquist has heard those comments before? caller: i think he has from many people. what i fear in this country. i feel what the american people are experiencing right now is a 1% of the country. my fear is that the republicans are privatizing things in the country now. it means that the public did not have the ability to see who is running these entities and how they are getting paid people are paid, it is usually elected positions. we can go in there, see the books....
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host: grover norquist has no, not in favor of boehner's plan. guest: it does not impact might decision. i do not fault anyone for their position on this. if someone is voting against the boehner bill, that's their decision. they have to represent their constituents. the grover norquist pledge is about not raising taxes, but does not say you will support every bill that he endorses. those are two different subject matters. host: we are talking to congressman tom graves, republican of georgia, about these debt talks. as we mentioned, house speaker john boehner came up with a two- step proposal. democrats have their own plan on the senate side. the speaker's plan was issued a setback yesterday when the cbo says it does not save as much as he originally thought. the speaker has promised to rewrite the bill as quickly as possible to get it to the floor for a vote on thursday at the earliest. let's hear from a republican in new york. good morning. caller: good morning. i would like to make a general statement about the philosophy of our foreign policy
host: grover norquist has no, not in favor of boehner's plan. guest: it does not impact might decision. i do not fault anyone for their position on this. if someone is voting against the boehner bill, that's their decision. they have to represent their constituents. the grover norquist pledge is about not raising taxes, but does not say you will support every bill that he endorses. those are two different subject matters. host: we are talking to congressman tom graves, republican of georgia,...
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i would rather fix our country and lose a battle with grover norquist then send our country norquist then send our country down the tubes and raise a point of view that is suicide. the fact is, in is a lot of way to enhance the federal government. reforming the tax code is a great way to do it. we have to get $4 trillion. that doesn't go away no matter what anybody says. the president didn't have a deficit plan. the president's commission had a deficit plan. he never enbraced it. you see the games played with the numbers, which aren't accurate. realistic things. plus, revenues are at the lowest point. we're at 15.8%. revenues are as a percentage of g.d.p. i think there are tons of tax credits and things in the tax credits and things in the tax codes that are unfair that we ought to eliminate. anybody that gets something out of the tax code today in terms of the tax credit and the tax spend tour, you are paying for it if you didn't get one. it is a matter of shifting costs around. if you don't have a special deal on the tax code that you can take advantage of, you can actually pay mor
i would rather fix our country and lose a battle with grover norquist then send our country norquist then send our country down the tubes and raise a point of view that is suicide. the fact is, in is a lot of way to enhance the federal government. reforming the tax code is a great way to do it. we have to get $4 trillion. that doesn't go away no matter what anybody says. the president didn't have a deficit plan. the president's commission had a deficit plan. he never enbraced it. you see the...
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i will comment about this grover norquist. i think it is absolutely disgusting -- especially these new republicans have signed their pledge to him even though he says it is not to him as opposed to their pledge to the united states of american citizens. the flat tax -- that has been well proven that that only hurts the middle class than the lower class. the debt ceiling should be taken care of now and they can play their games with this other stuff later. i would very much encouraged everybody to go to the website, alec.com or .org and you will understand what is going on here. is the american legislative exchange council. it is very scary stuff. everybody needs to look it up and see what is going on. this is what is causing these tea baggers to be so staunch. host: elkhound, calif., on our line for republicans. caller: would not raising the debt ceiling be exactly the same as a balanced budget amendment? it would force them to redistribute the money appropriately. i think is the same thing. i don't think they should raise the
i will comment about this grover norquist. i think it is absolutely disgusting -- especially these new republicans have signed their pledge to him even though he says it is not to him as opposed to their pledge to the united states of american citizens. the flat tax -- that has been well proven that that only hurts the middle class than the lower class. the debt ceiling should be taken care of now and they can play their games with this other stuff later. i would very much encouraged everybody...
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certainly, the seniors -- i agree with grover norquist. even he has come out against cutting the benefits to seniors. he calls it a tax increase. democrats are standing firm -- and no tax increase and our seniors. -- on our seniors. host: would you vote for a balanced budget constitutional amendment? guest: i would not vote 4 carry one of the great tools consumers have is the ability to get credits to buy your home long- term care to take away the tools to be able to invest in the future -- long term. to take away a tool to be able to invest in the future that moves this country forward is important. host: how were the two connected? guest: a balanced budget amendment would say you could not have a loan. you could not have any debt, so it would not allow it to have the access to the credit markets that we have on a local -- on a federal level to invest in the future. host: the next call for you is from melbourne, florida. this is ken, an independent. caller: good morning. no matter what policies we put in place to deal with the deficit and
certainly, the seniors -- i agree with grover norquist. even he has come out against cutting the benefits to seniors. he calls it a tax increase. democrats are standing firm -- and no tax increase and our seniors. -- on our seniors. host: would you vote for a balanced budget constitutional amendment? guest: i would not vote 4 carry one of the great tools consumers have is the ability to get credits to buy your home long- term care to take away the tools to be able to invest in the future --...
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they have taken a pledge to grover norquist. not to the constitution, they want to amend the constitution. this is insane. i hope, i hope, i hope that people will wake up and see on tuesday, we are in a world of hurt. the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. it is happening. thank you very much for c-span. host: from tommy -- during the course of this debate, there has been a history lesson on the u.s. constitution, and specifically the 14th amendment. it reads as follows. what does this mean? what specifically does the president have the authority to do? we checked and earlier with a professor of law at george washington university. we wanted him to come back with these latest negotiations. if they failed, what can the president do under the 14th amendment? guest: the 14th amendment is difficult to interpret and there is controversy about what the president is entitled to do. there is an argument that the president might be able to ignore the debt ceiling altogether, as some have said, or insofar as necessar
they have taken a pledge to grover norquist. not to the constitution, they want to amend the constitution. this is insane. i hope, i hope, i hope that people will wake up and see on tuesday, we are in a world of hurt. the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. it is happening. thank you very much for c-span. host: from tommy -- during the course of this debate, there has been a history lesson on the u.s. constitution, and specifically the 14th amendment. it reads as follows....
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. >> grover norquist is a name you probably heard many time necessary this discussion. the american protect -- friday night republicans should let the debt ceiling go up and take the vote in 2012 n. an interview on cnn after speaker boehner announced he was abandoned debt talks, mr. nordquist says it is gambling to get that far, rather than close the government down or go into default, go to the next election and fix things then. that is the statement from grover norquist. dick emery is weighing in on this topic. you can do so. what is president obama and the democrats not understand? how republicans are not going to raise taxes, period, with two exclamation points. stoelten, new york, tom, good morning. >> caller: yeah, your previous caller made a lot of misstatements in statistical spend. nobody is suggesting the rich is going to pay 100% of the debt. even if we taxed all the rich, no one suggested that they would cover every penny of the debt, but we've lost a trillion dollars through the bush tax cuts for the past 10 years that were extended a couple years ago. the
. >> grover norquist is a name you probably heard many time necessary this discussion. the american protect -- friday night republicans should let the debt ceiling go up and take the vote in 2012 n. an interview on cnn after speaker boehner announced he was abandoned debt talks, mr. nordquist says it is gambling to get that far, rather than close the government down or go into default, go to the next election and fix things then. that is the statement from grover norquist. dick emery is...
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why should grover norquist ask republican members to sign a pledge to him? he has not got our country. the republicans no longer represent me. they are behaving like a step further wives. -- stepford wives. this is not the reagan republican party that i used in them. this is really pathetic. people need to stop talking about social security as an entitlement. i have been on -- i am 46 years old. i've been working since i was 21 years old. it is not an entitlement. is money that i have given the government for investment and it is money i want back when i retire. we need to take our party back. this tea party is not working for us. host: allen west, a member of the tea party and came out after john boehner came out with this plan, and said that he would back it. arthur is a republican in cold water, mississippi. you are on the air. go ahead. caller: i think it as a whole bunch bull that these people that we entrusted our livelihood with. host: we are listening. caller: they are destroying our money. i am 63 years old, not able to work, i barely surviving on t
why should grover norquist ask republican members to sign a pledge to him? he has not got our country. the republicans no longer represent me. they are behaving like a step further wives. -- stepford wives. this is not the reagan republican party that i used in them. this is really pathetic. people need to stop talking about social security as an entitlement. i have been on -- i am 46 years old. i've been working since i was 21 years old. it is not an entitlement. is money that i have given the...
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host: did you sign the note -- the grover norquist pledge? guest: many years ago. host: we will put the telephone numbers of on the screen by political affiliation. we're talking about the debt ceiling and other financial issues. here is a part of dana milbank's column. nobody knows what reagan who died in 2004 would make of the current fight over the debt limit. the tea party members have little regard for the policies of the man they claim to revere. guest: first of all, some of the comments and there have already been proven incorrect. as i said a moment ago, all but nine house republicans yesterday voted to address the debt limit, and voted to address it in the amount that the president has requested, they get him past the next election. but we are also very dedicated as was president reagan and many other republicans since then, of a wide array of points of view, and many democrats by the way, to a balanced budget amendment to the united states constitution. it is not a new idea. it has been passed the senate when president reagan was president but not passed
host: did you sign the note -- the grover norquist pledge? guest: many years ago. host: we will put the telephone numbers of on the screen by political affiliation. we're talking about the debt ceiling and other financial issues. here is a part of dana milbank's column. nobody knows what reagan who died in 2004 would make of the current fight over the debt limit. the tea party members have little regard for the policies of the man they claim to revere. guest: first of all, some of the comments...
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like grover norquist. politics making a place for him for no tax increases. for no tax increases. host: what about the people who say that your vote is your say? caller: here is the thing. if all of the people that watched c-span voted, we would have a wonderful country. i would say that 52% of the people have no idea who these people are or what they stand people are or what they stand for . host: in an open "the washington post" this morning, "u.s. cutts health premiums for pre-existing conditions." buskir coastal louisiana, bob, republican line. caller: good morning. go ahead, bob. caller: yes. how do we know that there is a debt crisis? we never see any facts and figures. all that we have to do is go by what timothy geithner says. you know what he is? host: it has been in all of the papers. papers. caller: i have never seen any facts and figures. just that timothy geithner says that it is a debt crisis. host: what is the role of the public in those negotiations, then? then? caller: how come we do not see anything? like us said. -- like i said. host: have you spoken to your rep
like grover norquist. politics making a place for him for no tax increases. for no tax increases. host: what about the people who say that your vote is your say? caller: here is the thing. if all of the people that watched c-span voted, we would have a wonderful country. i would say that 52% of the people have no idea who these people are or what they stand people are or what they stand for . host: in an open "the washington post" this morning, "u.s. cutts health premiums for...
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grover norquist toll call them -- told all of them to not raise taxes under any reason, host: independent from utah. caller: thank you, c-span. our founding fathers would turn over in their graves if they found out how much money we are putting our children in the dead. but they never wanted the constitution to deal with that. guest: our current levels of debt are sustainable. they are high levels of debt, but as a percentage of gdp, it is a lot lower than greece. it is a lot lower than italy. within the last couple of days, we realize they have serious problems. i do not know if the free market and a particular vision of how high are debt would be relative to gdp. they are huge, relative to the wealth we have it. economies expand over time. we have recessions, we have lifts, and we have declines. over the long term, economies grow. our economy will be much larger 30 years from now than it is today. that does not mean we want fiscal problems or we will be able to balance the books, but i think the notion that the standard of living will be lower 30 years from now than today is completely
grover norquist toll call them -- told all of them to not raise taxes under any reason, host: independent from utah. caller: thank you, c-span. our founding fathers would turn over in their graves if they found out how much money we are putting our children in the dead. but they never wanted the constitution to deal with that. guest: our current levels of debt are sustainable. they are high levels of debt, but as a percentage of gdp, it is a lot lower than greece. it is a lot lower than italy....
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my second question is how did grover norquist have such a grip over the republican politicians? eyeleted might answer off of the year. -- i will take my question of of air. guest: democrats have to be fiscally responsible. they're the ones that actually balanced budget. look at the surplus president clinton created. both times we have had significant deficits in my lifetime or under president reagan and president george bush. bush number two past on this mess. president obama is left trying to pick up the pieces. democrats understand that we cannot take care of the people who need us, seniors, are most vulnerable citizens. we cannot pay for the things we need to do to have jobs in the 21st century. if we did not balance budgets and we did not pay our bills, this is what president obama is so badly trying to do. it is extraordinary to me that when we are facing one of these roughest times in american history produced over a number of years, mostly under president bush that this group in washington and congress is saying that we're going to balance all the challenges that were cre
my second question is how did grover norquist have such a grip over the republican politicians? eyeleted might answer off of the year. -- i will take my question of of air. guest: democrats have to be fiscally responsible. they're the ones that actually balanced budget. look at the surplus president clinton created. both times we have had significant deficits in my lifetime or under president reagan and president george bush. bush number two past on this mess. president obama is left trying to...
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guest: i think the original dge by n was this pleg grover norquist. like many groups, there are tons of groups out there that circulate pledges. basically, it says that both republicans and democrats to sign it to say they will not vote to raise income tax rates, nor will they vote to reduce income taxes and credits unless those reductions are offset by tax rate deductions. that is the pledge that he asked candidates to sign eight. other groups circulate other pledges on social security, abortion, the environment. these things are a part of the candidate's platform when they run, and the voters decide whether they want to send these people to congress or not. i do not see anything illegal about the pledges. grover has not agree to give money to their campaign if they sign it. i believe his organization does not even have a political action committee. i think the pledges are entirely legal and is something that is a part of politics. host: you might be interested in an op ed from the governor of massachusetts. the headline is -- mike on twitter wants t
guest: i think the original dge by n was this pleg grover norquist. like many groups, there are tons of groups out there that circulate pledges. basically, it says that both republicans and democrats to sign it to say they will not vote to raise income tax rates, nor will they vote to reduce income taxes and credits unless those reductions are offset by tax rate deductions. that is the pledge that he asked candidates to sign eight. other groups circulate other pledges on social security,...